קוּר qûwr — to trench
Translated in the KJV as break down, cast out, destroy, dig.
a primitive root; also denominative from H7023; to trench; by implication, to throw forth; to wall up, whether literal (to build a wall) or figurative (to estop).
qûwr in each stem
Pilpel
Perfect (qatal) 1Participle (active) 1
I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.
For it is a day of trouble, and of treading down, and of perplexity by the Lord God of hosts in the valley of vision, breaking down the walls, and of crying to the mountains.
Qal (Pa'al)
Perfect (qatal) 2
I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of besieged places.
I have digged, and drunk water; and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of the besieged places.
Hiph'il
Infinitive construct 1Perfect (qatal) 1
As a fountain casteth out her waters, so she casteth out her wickedness: violence and spoil is heard in her; before me continually is grief and wounds.
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›